Example sentences of "i wanted [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had the Count send him my plans for the work I wanted to do on the buildings . |
| 2 | Then I wanted to join the army and that was another two months of warfare , and then when I wanted to go in the police force my parents said , ‘ You 're trying to tell us something about your attitude to school , are n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | I wanted to hear about the riots in Asyut and found myself leaning forward , anxious that he should not clam up . |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted to look at the tapestries , Sergeant . |
| 5 | Now , I wanted to look at the possibilities of a rather softer approach and tried out some alternative ways of using eh Faber-Castell Polychromos Pastels . |